WASHINGTON, December 10, 2014—World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim welcomed the awarding of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Peace to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi today in Stockholm: “Malala Yousafzai...

Development agencies, international financial institutions can play a vital role WASHINGTON, December 3, 2014—Violence against women and girls poses a major obstacle to ending poverty, but development...

New York City, September 22, 2014—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced the launch of a private sector partnership that will improve employment opportunities for more than 300,000 women...

Empowering women at work advances fight to end poverty, World Bank Group says WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2014—A new report by the World Bank Group stresses the need for bold, coordinated actions to advance...

Making Women Count Good morning everyone. Madam Secretary, Jim Clifton, Ladies and Gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure to be here today to address one of the key challenges of the 21st century: achieving...